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ChatGPT Hit by Outage, Frustrating Users Worldwide

Thousands of users reported issues accessing OpenAI’s ChatGPT on Wednesday, with complaints peaking in the morning hours in the US. Downdetector logged over 3,000 reports of outages, while users took to social media to express frustration with slow performance or complete inability to connect.

OpenAI acknowledged “increased error rates” and “degraded performance” on its ChatGPT status page, stating that they were “working on implementing a mitigation.” While the company stopped short of declaring a full outage, the sheer volume of user complaints suggested otherwise.

Some users speculated that the issues may be related to the recent launch of OpenAI’s AI-powered browser, ChatGPT Atlas. The new browser heavily integrates ChatGPT into its search functionality.

OpenAI later reported applying a mitigation at 8:10 PM IST and was monitoring the recovery. However, users continue to report varying degrees of functionality, with some still unable to access the chatbot.

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